Reaching bottom, the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker typed out welcome words for the cheering support crew waiting at the surface: “All systems OK.”

Amazing. The second manned decent ever, the 4th overall. Even machines have had a hard time getting down there. Deepsea Challenger is loaded with equipment for photos and video including a RED Epic 5K camera. That’s 5K, not 1080p. Just imagine if Apollo missions had that kind of a camera on the moon.